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Top News Headlines of August 27, 2025 | Trump to tighten duration of visas for students, exchange visitors and journalists

Top News Headlines of August 27, 2025 | There were about 1.6 million international students on F visas in the US in 2024, according to US government data.

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Top News Headlines of August 27, 2025 | At least 30 people were killed and several injured after heavy rains triggered a landslide near Adh Kunwari en route to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu’s Trikuta Hills on Tuesday. The landslide struck at a point about halfway along the winding 12-km trek from Katra town in Reasi district to the hilltop shrine.

Rescue operations at the site are underway. Debris is being cleared and search is on for those who are feared to be trapped underneath near the Inderprastha Bhojnalaya at Adhkwari, officials said.

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Meanwhile, the steep 50 per cent American tariffs on Indian goods exports kicked in from today.

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Aug 27, 2025 11:43 PM IST
World News Live Updates | Trump to tighten duration of visas for students, exchange visitors and journalists
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Aug 27, 2025 10:58 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 10:14 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 09:11 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 08:09 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 07:55 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Ganeshotsav with solar power, eco-friendly traditions: a few mandals show the way
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Aug 27, 2025 07:50 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 02:05 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 01:51 PM IST
Pune News Live Updates | Following SC order, Pune Municipal Corporation to designate fixed feeding spots for strays
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Aug 27, 2025 01:47 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Gurdaspur’s Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya flooded; 360 students 40 staff stranded, await boats for rescue
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Aug 27, 2025 01:28 PM IST
Lucknow News Live Updates | ‘Child marriage’ in UP village: Groom, families, temple priest booked
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Aug 27, 2025 01:23 PM IST
India News Live Updates | FIR against Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone in Rajasthan over faulty car
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Aug 27, 2025 01:15 PM IST
India News Live Updates | Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to Dalit rapper Vedan in ‘rape case’
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Aug 27, 2025 01:10 PM IST
Delhi News Live Updates | Month after shift to Delhi HC, Justice Arun Monga may return to Rajasthan High Court
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Aug 27, 2025 01:10 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 01:00 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:56 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:53 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:48 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:46 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:40 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:18 PM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 12:08 PM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Schools shut, train services hit: Relief ops, evacuations on as swollen rivers inundate Punjab villages
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Aug 27, 2025 11:44 AM IST
India News Live Updates | 30 dead after heavy rains trigger landslide near Vaishno Devi shrine; power, network outage in Jammu
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Aug 27, 2025 11:27 AM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 11:25 AM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 10:58 AM IST
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Aug 27, 2025 10:07 AM IST
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India News Live Updates | Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 Stock Market Holiday: Are NSE and BSE open or closed today, August 27?
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Chandigarh News Live Updates | Leaving Punjab reeling under floods, CM goes to Tamil Nadu, Opp slams Mann
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India News Live Updates | 415 candidates banned for life as Rajasthan cracks the whip on exam malpractice
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Aug 27, 2025 08:24 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | Wards ‘highly vulnerable’ to flooding in Mumbai up from 10 in 2005 to 13: Study
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Aug 27, 2025 08:10 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Free land transfer among incentives in Bihar’s push to attract investors
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Aug 27, 2025 07:56 AM IST
Chandigarh News Live Updates | Punjab’s Fazilka village rejoices amid grim flood situation — welcomes 4 newborns
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Aug 27, 2025 06:50 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Year after BBA student was killed on visit to Uttarakhand hill town, accused — presumed to have died soon after — turns up alive
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India News Live Updates | SIR an exercise to ‘exclude large sections of voters’, Jharkhand Assembly passes resolution against it
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Delhi News Live Updates | Delhi’s mega plan to fund 5,000 startups? Check details here
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Aug 27, 2025 05:11 AM IST
Kolkata News Live Updates | As ISF sends alliance proposal to Left for Assembly polls, ‘cautious’ CPI(M) weighs
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Aug 27, 2025 04:45 AM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘Shouldn’t rush for theaterisation, Op Sindoor established air power primacy’
He further said creating a new structure while disrupting the existing one is not a good idea at present. The Air Chief’s remarks come months after India carried out Operation Sindoor, executed jointly by the three services.
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India News Live Updates | On India-Japan table: Security to economy, energy to digital ties
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Aug 27, 2025 04:22 AM IST
India News Live Updates | Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against ex-R&AW officer Vikash Yadav, named by US in Punnun plot
Yadav was arrested on December 18, 2023, by the Delhi Police Special Cell after an FIR was filed against him on a complaint from a Rohini resident, accusing him of extortion and kidnapping, and linking him to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
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Aug 27, 2025 04:04 AM IST
India News Live Updates | India seeks ‘strong condemnation’ of cross-border terror at SCO meet
Modi is scheduled to go on a four-day visit to Japan and China from August 29 to September 1
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Aug 27, 2025 03:52 AM IST
India News Live Updates | 2+2 Dialogue: India, US discuss energy security, defence ties amid tariff tensions
According to a release by the US State Department on Tuesday, “Through this dialogue, officials advanced bilateral initiatives, discussed regional security developments, and exchanged perspectives on a number of shared strategic priorities.”
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Aug 27, 2025 03:40 AM IST
India News Live Updates | ‘Total silence, opacity’: Delhi HC sets aside Rs 95-crore contract to security firm SIS for guarding heritage sites
The court flagged how the contracts were awarded to an agency while disqualifying 75 others, and directed the Culture Ministry to initiate the tendering process afresh and complete it within three months.
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Aug 27, 2025 12:16 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | ‘Bheek mango andolan’ | Vidarbha contractors protest over Rs 89,000 cr pending dues: ‘Will intensify stir if demands not met’
One contractor from Nagpur said they are left with no choice but to intensify their agitation
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Aug 27, 2025 12:09 AM IST
Mumbai News Live Updates | ‘South Asia’s fastest ferry’ to launch on Sept 1, to cut Mumbai-Sindhudurg travel time to 5 hours from 12
Announcing the decision on Tuesday, Ports and Fisheries Minister Nitesh Rane called it a “festival gift” for Konkan residents during Ganeshotsav.
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